Tag: hongkongfilmart

HK Filmart 2013: Why Aren't Rich Asians Investing in Movies?

"There are so many rich Asians. Why are they not investing?" Wilfred Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Festival Society Limited, asked the question in his remarks during a conference this morning at Filmart. The discussion, centered on the...

HK Filmart 2013: The Wild, the Crazy, and the Hopeful -- In Pictures

While my ScreenAnarchy colleagues Todd Brown, James Marsh, and Pierce Conran have been spending their time watching movies and talking with distributors, sales agents, and filmmakers, I've been free to attend thematic conferences arranged by Filmart and roam the exhibitor...

HK Filmart 2013: Selling Chinese Films Internationally Is Hard Everywhere

And you thought it was just North America. Or Europe. Nope, turns out that, even in other parts of Asia, Chinese-language films face huge barriers to wider exhibition. On the first day of Hong Kong Filmart 2013, a conference was...